Michael Jackson
Maria (You Were the Only One) (Part 1) lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1971
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:43
Maria hey hey Maria
Maria don't you hear me calling Maria
Maria girl you know you were the only one
Hey hey Maria
Maria don't you miss me just a little
Maria after all you were the only one
Come on back to me Maria
Maria come on back to me girl
Hey hey Maria
Maria it's been long so long
Maria since you've been gone
Hey hey Maria
Maria don't you need me just a little
Maria 'cause honest girl you were the only one
Come on back to me Maria
Oh come on back to me girl
Maria I need you
Maria why d'you keep a-running away
Oh baby you keep a-running away
Oh baby yeah Maria
I need you honey
Oh Maria you sweet little sunflower
Oh hear my plea for sympathy
I just want you here with me Maria
If you're on that lonely night
What's my life without you girl
I'm so lonely I'm so blue
Without you darling my life is through
Come on back
You keep running away
Come back, come back oh baby
I need you, girl I love you
Oh baby, oh baby maria oh baby
Girl I love you, ohh come back, come back
Maria uhh baby I need you
Got to have you, got to have you
Maria, come back, come back
Uhh baby, come back, come back
Key vocabulary
- since
- from that timeA2
- blue
- a color like the skyA1
- calling
- purpose or jobA1
- d'you
- do you (informal)A1
- don't
- do notA1
- it's
- it isA1
- need
- must haveA1
- night
- dark time after sunsetA1
- want
- desireA1
- what's
- what isA1
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About this song
Michael Jackson was an American singer known for his groundbreaking role in the development of pop music, alongside R&B and funk-pop. He rose from the Jackson 5 to a dominant solo career marked by albums Off the Wall and Thriller and by major singles including “Billie Jean” and “Beat It.”